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to give an oral or written account of in some detail
a novel that recounted an American soldier's adventures among the samurai warriors of 19th-century Japan
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Recent Examples of recount
Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2026
The couple often recounted their meet-cute when Williams saw Longet parked along a roadside with auto trouble.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 14 May 2026
Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 25 Apr. 2026
According to Magadini’s recount, shots went off about every five seconds.
—Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 22 Apr. 2026
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Verb
Sheets recounted that last night of his thoughts while Xander Bogaerts was in the midst of drawing a six-pitch walk on the heels of Andujar’s single.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2026
The couple often recounted their meet-cute when Williams saw Longet parked along a roadside with auto trouble.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 14 May 2026
Noun
Singer and songwriter Cary Tefft performed the national anthem.
Delays, delays, delays
The event was delayed by several hours in voting for gubernatorial candidates, with the party holding a recount of its delegate voter rolls before conducting the vote for a Lt. Gov. nominee.
—Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 25 Apr. 2026
According to Magadini’s recount, shots went off about every five seconds.
—Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 22 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recount
Verb
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Rather than romanticizing the awards-season whirlwind, Coon described the logistical reality behind it that includes 18-hour days, early-morning events, parenting responsibilities and the invisible labor required to sustain a performing career.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
18 May 2026
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The event brought together pastors, fathers, mentors, activists, business leaders, former gang members and residents from across Chicago in what organizers described as a unified effort to promote safety, accountability and opportunity on the South Side.—
Greg Wehner , Anders Hagstrom,
FOXNews.com,
18 May 2026
Noun
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That report shows the amount of money spent on sportsbook television advertising is down from a peak in 2021 and the industry airs far fewer commercials than the pharmaceutical sector.—
Luke Connors,
Washington Post,
19 May 2026
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Irrigation systems may require a truly astronomical amount of water.—
Caroline Rose Giuliani,
New Yorker,
19 May 2026
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For one, tech behemoth Microsoft reported better-than-expected quarterly results recently and told investors that capital expenditures for the year will reach $190 billion due to soaring memory costs.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
18 May 2026
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Two Game 7 victories for Cleveland tells me this team is not going to get rattled.—
Tony Jones,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
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The layout offers up a total of six bedrooms, six bathrooms, and three half baths.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
19 May 2026
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This collection, the first celebrity collab for Lee, brings men's and women's clothing, fun bag charms, patchwork denim bags and even adorable pet shirts and bandanas -- over 100 items in total -- to shoppers for accessible prices ranging from $6 to $42.—
Kelsey Legg,
ABC News,
19 May 2026
Verb
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Many of the letters narrate his thoughts that were a strange mixture of fatalism and optimism.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 May 2026
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Yesteryear is narrated by a woman named Natalie Heller Mills, a Ballerina Farm facsimile who is pregnant with her sixth child at the beginning of the novel, and whose pixel-perfect online life as @YesteryearRanch is essentially all a lie.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
11 May 2026
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So much that was hidden now completes the whole.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 May 2026
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As a result, mathematical truths do not make up a unified whole of equally indubitable truths; instead, their status as knowledge varies gradually from doubtless facts to increasingly uncertain hypotheses.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
18 May 2026
Verb
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The report also chronicles improvements with jail staff intervening in opioid overdoses and the agency completing internal affairs investigations at double the rate of the previous year.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
18 May 2026
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In addition to her work on screen and stage, Garg is the author of the New York Times bestselling memoir This American Woman, published by Penguin Random House, which chronicles her journey from homeless teenager in Mumbai to internationally celebrated comedian and creator.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
18 May 2026
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Ratner and the First Lady have all defended the steep cost of the film, which cost $40 million to make and another $35 million to market – outlandish sums for a documentary.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
20 May 2026
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Traditional preparations — Korean kimchi, Japanese miso, Eastern European sauerkraut, Central Asian kefir — have been refined over centuries to preserve the microbial communities that make these foods more than the sum of their ingredients.—
Samantha Agate,
Kansas City Star,
20 May 2026
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“Recount.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recount. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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